When Olive Lesher was born on 26 November 1817, in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States, her father, George Lesher, was 37 and her mother, Isabel, was 34. She had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Sylvester Staples Eldridge. She lived in Linwood, Butler, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Savannah Township, Butler, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 21 September 1886, in David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 68.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1832: LaGrange, Indiana, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Americanized form of German Lescher .
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